attack vs defence vs protection
Definitions
noun
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- intense adverse criticism
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
verb
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- take the initiative and go on the offensive
- begin to injure
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- attack someone physically or emotionally
Examples
Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
So far, only a couple of the trees (literally two) have been found to be successful in fending off beetle attacks, using chemical and physical responses similar to those in lower-elevation tree species, such as lodgepole pine and Douglas fir.
Arguing that FDR provoked the attack was Gore Vidal, novelist, provocateur, T. V. icon, and one of the greatest English-language essayists alive.
Definitions
noun
- a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him
- the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
- the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury
- (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Examples
The right back found himself in unfamiliar territory in the opposing penalty area after a swift exchange of passes that opened up Reading's defence.
One could argue that such a missile defence system would bring about the abandonment of ballistic missiles as strategic weapons.
The only defence remaining alive at present is, therefore, I suggest, the disputed decision about qualifying privilege.
